Rapid-reference record



Nov. 16 1926.

I F. J. DUNN RAPID REFERENCE RECORD Filed Sept. 29 1925 FIG. 1

' 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 16 1926. 1,607,063

., F'. J. DUNN RAPID REFERENCE RECORD Filed Sept. 29, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 8 3 wuenkoq,

Nov. 16 1926.

F. J. DUNN RAPID REFERENCE RECORD Filed Sept. 29 1925 FIG. 8

3 Sheets-Sheet v3 RAPID-REFERENCE ianooan, it 7 -This invention relates to newand'useful improvements in a rapid reference record.

'Ehe primary object of the invention is to provide arecor'd eymeaaser which a rapid be madevto any number, pref- 'ferably having from Vone'to five. digits, but being capable of use with numbers-having as many as sevendigits if desired. I

A further object of the inventionis to provide a record which employs numbers as its reference characters, said numbers being {used to represent or distinguish any desired 'ob'ects,'such as railwayrolling stock, ma- "chinery, articles of a stock in trade, workmenlin a factory,- 'a shop, or-a 'workhouse, drivers or automobile licenses, etc? A still further object "o-f'the invention is to provide a record of the above mentioned type which will enable the *personor persons keeping the same to enter under; any given number a factor series of facts relating to the, particular ehject represented by that number "and without necessitating the reccircling or filling in of any of the digits ol the reference number with the entry."-

Other objects and advantages of the inention will be apparent during the course oft-hefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part'of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same. i

Figure 1 is a plan view'of three units which form apart of the complete record, 7

Figure 2 is a plan view of one of the units and shows a portion of the sheets of this unit spread out in fan style to illustrate the presence of a plurality of the same,

Figure 3 is a plan view showing in detail one of the record sheets of a unit, and

Figure .4 is a fragmentary, edge elevational' View, partly in section, of one of the record units." o Briefiy'described, this rapid reference-record is divided. into one hundred units with each unit being. designated by-a master or key number ninety nine. Each unit .is furtheridi-vided into ten cards with each-card, bearing arcterence number rangingrro-m zero i-toenine.

To further divide the; record,. each; card is divided into ten sections andseat-h section is e er d 0 o d stinse s e i m v y other section by .a numberranging from zero tall es-th ee ee t nae two divisions with v e division proranging from ,double zero to p lines 11-, ard siseperated.

Application filed September 29, less. Serial na j' saarze. I

Yided with ten'columnswhich are designated by' reference numerals ranging from one to 'nine,itl 1e right hand column being i-lert blank and representing zero, the remaining 7 division of "each section being divieed into columns if desired or left perfectly blank if the particular entries to bemade. upon the same require no further] divisions. j H In the drawmgs, wherein for the purpose ofillust-ration is shown aflpreferredflembodiment of this inventiomthe numeral 5 is;;em-

ployed for designatingin its entirety a com- I plete unitfoi this record. Each; unit; is, designatedby master or key number which may be displayed thereon in any desired manner; ,This complete. record includes one hundred units which are designated by master or keyn-umbers ranging iromdouble 'zero totninety ninmthe three units bearing 7 the masternor key l111 II1b81S QQQ QS, and-99 v being illustrated inFig. 1; It 1s obvious that the remaining ninety-seven units, not shown in Figure l'w'ill fhave key numbers of. like character ranging from O0 to 96' inclusive but it is not deemed necessary here to show each of these units. j Y

Figures 2 and 4 clearly illustrate aunit'b as including separate cards 7 which are separably connected together,- in any desired manner, such as by a staple or rivet 8. It

willlbe noted thatFig. 2 illustrates the unit 5 bearing the master or-key number97 and it will be seen that each card 7 of a unit is markedor provided with the master or key number designated by; the reference character 6. fFigureQ clearly shows each card as being formed with a top margin 9 with each top margin of thevariouscards 7 of a unit varying in length to provide ends upon which the reference digits 10, may be placed in a manner so that every reference digit 10 may be seen at one time" when a unit is arranged withits various cards registering at v their three remaining edges with each other, 7 as illustrated-in Fig. 1.: It will be noted 7 that these reference digits 10 range from zero to 9. 1.;v

,. qlieference, should inow; be made to Fig. 8 wherein there-is: shown one of the: cards 101 the; unit bearingatheimastengor key number 97,;this particularicardyfbeing the 1 rs a vat t is-zen h, :lts o i fir be notedflthateach; .c d {is ruled to for-m the if i "where mlQf m s de a ides asses setwaca sserti ns for writing entues thereon to separate "one rar ng anemia, or ELMIRA,"'1\TEW"YORK; f

of the card.

entry from another. The card is further provided with the double rulings 12, 13 and 1a which extend from the top to the bottom divide the card into four main columns with the double ruling 13 dividing the card from top to bottoinintotwo different parts, with 'each parthalved by the double rulings 12 .or 14. Art equi-spaced points, the lines 11 are madeextra heavy, as at 11 and theseheavy' lines 11 divide each part of the card into sections which are outlined by the double ruling 13 and the heavy lines 11.

nThe double rulings12 and 14 will be seen to further divide each section 15 into separate divisions 16 and '17. The division 16 ofeach section 15 is divided into'ten columns by the lines 18 which'intersect each 7 offthe' lines 11 and also divide the line occurring between the heavy rulings 11 Each column 19, formed by the lines 18,

is provided with a' reference numeral 20 and these reference numerals 20 run from 1, which designates the left-hand column, to blank or zero which represents the righthand column, the columns in between being referred to bythe numerals 2 to g V It will now be seen that each section 15 is provided with 'a' four-digit reference numeral 21 which has as'its last two digits the master or-key number 97 which is re- .ferredto by the reference character 6 and appears upon the particular card being described. Thethird digit from the right in each of these numbers 21 ranges from zero to nine, therebydistinguishing the ten different sections 15 of the card.

The manner of making an entry in this record will now be explained. It will be number 97 After locating the proper unit,

we must then determine which card to refer to and the second digit from the left is employed to designate the particular car. This number 50,097 has zero for its second digit from the left and for this reason we must now refer to the card 7 having in its top margin 9 the reference numeral zero.

' We find that'this particular card is shown in detail in "Fig. 3. We must now determine which one' of the ten sections of this card is to be used and the third digit from the right. or the digit appearing immediately in front of the master or key number 97 is used. This number 50,097 has for its Thes double rulings 12 to 1 1 third digit from the right the number zero and this refers us' to the upper left hand section 15 of the card. We now have one digit left in the car number and this is the first digitwhich is five. Ne now refer to the'ten different columns appearing in the division 16 of this upper left hand section 15 and locate the column bearing the reference numeral 5.' The entry should, then be made on the first vacant line, provided by the lines '1l,starting the entryin the column 5. 7 We will make an entry which will show that the car number 50,097 is located'on the Baltimore 83 Ohio tracks,'Division 3, and

this entry may be abbreviated by writing B & O No. 3. To further illustrate the locating of a number, which number we will consider as the means employed for distinguishinga workman by the name of John Doe, we will use 90,997 as thenumber to be located. The last two digits, 97, furnish us with. the master or key number of the workman and'refers us to the unit bearing the master or key number 97. V The second digit from the leftfofthis number 1s zero u and that refers us to the particular card shown 1nv Fig. 3 y the unit bearlng the master number 97. The

which is the zerocard of third digit from the right of this number is nine and that refers us to. the section 9 J; appearing at the lower right-hand corner of the card. The one remaining digit, the firstone of the number is seento be nine and we make our entry starting with column number 9, the entry being Doe, John. V o

It is now believed that the method of quickly or rapidly referring to any particular number will be clearly understood however, it wil be noted that the numbers so far referred to only have five digits. Should we have a number with siX' digits, it is referred to in the following manner.

i/Vewill employ the first referred to number of 50,097 and will add the digit 8. to

thefront of the same, making the number 1 850,097. Without following the various digits of this number to locate the particular unit, card, and section, as thishas already been done in connection with the number 50,097, we will immediately refer to the upper left-hand corner of the card shown in Fig. 3; The added digit 8 is not referred to during the locating of the particular division in'which the entry starts and the number is considered as having only five digits, the first five digits starting from the right being used. This locates us in the same column as the entry referring to the car numbered 50,097 and we first insert the number 8 in this column bearing the reference numeral 5.

This gives us the number 850,097 and'immediatel'y after the number 8we start in 'with the entry, which we will consider is Erie No. 5, January 16, 192

To briefly refer to the advantages set forth in the use of this rapid reference record, atention is first invited to the provision of the different independent units which may be handled by many different people working on the record at any one time, that is, one person might be making entries in the unit bearing the master digit 99 While somebody else could be Working on the unit bearing the digit 97, etc. This provision of separate units is considered as an improvement over binding all of the cards into one book. ihe loose leaf formation of a unit will enable new cards to be inserted at any point in a unitshould a card be filled. This is also an advantage that cannot be found in binding the cards in a book. A further point worthy of noting is that with numbers having from one to five digits, none of the digits of the number need. be written in the record when'an entry is made N It isto be understood that the form of this invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred BX- ample of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the snbjoined claims. Having thus described the invention, I"

claim 1. A record of the type described comprising, a series of units capable of being independently handled, a master number for each unit, each unit comprising ten cards which are bound together in loose leaf form, an exposed tab on each card which bears a number ranging from zero to nine, each card being divided into ten sections by intersecting rulings running from top to bottom and side to side thereof, and further rulings extending from for each unit, each unit comprising ten cards which are bound together in loose leat form, an exposed tab on each card which bears a number ranging from zero to nine, each card being divided into ten sections-by intersecting rulings running from top to bottomand side to side thereof, the

sections being consecutively numbered from Zero to nine, further rulings extending from top to bottom of the card for' dividing each section into two divisions, and one of saiddivisions being ruled to'provide ten columns with the columns consecutively numbered one to none, the right-hand column indicating zero.

3. A record of the type describedcom prising, a series of units capable of being independently handled, a master number tor each unit, each un t comprisingten cards which are bound together in loose leaf form, an exposed tab on each" card which bears a number ranging from zero to nine, each card being ruled from side to side'to form writing lines with pairs'of adjacent rulings at equi-spaced intervals heavier than the other rulings to form the card into equal parts, double rulings extending from top to bottom of the card for divid-v ing the parts into divisions, and two divisions in each part being'divided intoten columns'bylines extending from top to bottom of the card.

In; testimony whereof I aifiX my signature.

FRANK J. DUNN. 

